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Art Haiku is a Japanese poetry form, comprising seventeen syllables
in three lines.  The first line has five syllables, the second seven and
the third five.  These are some I've come up with.
Like most artists, I  collect tips.  Check out these and see if some
will work for you.
The internet is a wonderful resource for painters of all stripes.  Here
are some of my favorite
links.
One of my goals is to paint more en plein air, or as Texas painters
say, "I wanna paint outdoors more."   This includes more sketch
book work.  Here are some of the on-site and sketch book paintings
I've done.
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"Invite the viewer into the picture and entertain him everywhere."  Edgar Whitney
The Golden Mean, or Golden Ratio, is a classical way to proportion
paintings (or architectural elements).  I explored the Golden Mean
in a painting,
Fibonacci's Golden Tree. Here is the painting and
some info about the Golden Mean.